[desktop-discuss] Re: [companion-discuss] Re: [tools-discuss] Proposing /usr/gnu

[Laszlo (Laca) Peter]

On Tue, 2006-05-02 at 16:41 +0200, Jasse Jansson wrote:
> >> So shouldn't everything in /usr/sfw that has the same name as an
> >> existing thing in /usr be moved to /usr/gnu (after officially
> >> defining it) or shouldn't we just redefine the role of /usr/sfw
> >> and not create /usr/gnu?
> >
> >   Although I normally like to reuse stuff, I think we should
> introduce
> >   /usr/gnu as a precise way of identifying the "alternative commands
> >   environment" it represents.
> 
> Shouldn't an "alternative commands environment" live in /opt ???
> In this case /opt/gnu 

/opt is for add-on packages, things that are not shipped as
part of the operating system.

If these commands were not part of Solaris, they would go into
/opt (in this case /opt/gnu), but the proposal is to include them
in Solaris, so they need to go into /usr (/usr/gnu).

Laca